Posted by Carl Plaskett on December 28, 2003 at 17:01:54:
In Reply to: thirty two years afibber posted by Glenn Camp on December 27, 2003 at 18:08:14:
Glenn: I'm glad to see a post from Gerald, who is enjoying NSR so much, we don't get to hear from him too often. His experience at the THI was with 2 terrific doctors, and yours should probably not differ much, should you chose to go there.
I didn't mention before that I ALWAYS went into afib during any air flight which lasted much more than 1 hour, UNLESS I took some extra atenolol (Tenormin) before flying to keep my heart rate down. DON'T do this without talking to your doctor!
You might try getting the Guided Imagery tapes I mentioned in my post to Judy, to listen to before and during traveling. Perhaps they would help you to NOT go into afib. I'm sure that the CC would send them to you prior to your arrival if you asked for them so you could "practice" getting relaxed.